When told how fast he was going by the officer, Mcllvain exclaimed, “Holy mackerel!” and explained he was headed to Waco for a “KU” game.

Ofc. Montalvo gave the assistant chief a warning and let him go without a citation.

The assistant chief was not on duty at the time, but he was in an on-call capacity, as APD interim Chief Brian Manley explained in a press conference this week.

Manley told media he met with Montalvo after learning about the incident and asked him if the he would have done the same thing for a regular citizen. The officer said he would not, and Manley tasked the officer with giving Mcllvain a ticket.

“We have to hold ourselves to the same standard as we would anybody else in this community,” Manley said during the press conference.